Improvement in cultivators



f thereby to raise or lower the inner Y at will, is as follows, namely; I cnt a thread upon thc upper ends ot' these rods,

JAMES B. "sEXToN,

Letters Patent N o. 109,554, dated November 22, 1870.

or APELLA, Iowa.'

l IMPRovpMlzN-rm cuLrIvA-roas. 1

The Schedule referred tov in these Letters Patent and m'aking part of the same.`

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES B. Suxrox, ot' lella, in the county of Marion and .State of Iowa, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Culti'- vators; andl do hereby declare thattlle following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construetiou and operation of the same, reference heilig had -to theannexed drawing making a part of t-hisspeciticatiou and to the letters and figures oi' reference marked thereon.` Y

Figure 'l of the drawing is a plan view of.' my iuvent-ion.

Figure 2 is a side view.

Figure 3 is a vertical section. Figures 4, 5, and 6, are details.

My invention relates to means for cultivating corn and other growing plants, and consists iu the con,

struction and novel arrangement of devices intended to serve as a valuable ambetlicien-t apparatus for the purpose mentioned. j .f My cultivator is of' that class known as siraddlc euItivatOrS, and of the s'ulky form, ol' which y A of' lthe drawing represents the neap or pole, and B B the wheels. j. The method adopted for connecting the wheels with the carriage is shown on thc drawing, and is not novel with myself, although 'l recommend it as a cheap and valuable inode tbraceomplishingthat object.

lhe letters .c represent two adjustable rods, extend:4

ing downward. from the main beaml of the carriagcframe to the inner ends, respectively, 'and forming the. sides ot' the straddle.

My nicthodof making these' rods adjustable,

of the axles l),

and

respectively, and arrange. uponsad thread a nut abovethe beam, and ajalnh-nutbelow the beam, as shown in fig. 3. c I

E E represent the plow-beams with plows attached, andattached,lrespcctivcly, to the axles ot' the carriage, inthe manner shown on iig. 4. lt will bc observed 'that the openings through the plow-beam,

through which the axle is passed, has a novel form, inthis: instead of making said opening circular in form, both in front and rear of the axle, I construct it with sharp points, as shown by the lettersc of the ends of the axle.

drawing. 'lhe object of thisv method of construction, is to furnish easy play-room for theplow-beam either to theright or left.

with reference vto the plow-beams, and thereby arranging the pitch ot the iig. 2, and consists informing a 4circular slot' in the;

adjustable plate H, and corrugating the inner side of arranging in said slot the pin and nut n, iu the manthey are secured by screw-nuts y 11j.

1 t w-ilLhc observed that the flange or plate'Z on the cap ru'uext thepstanthu'd, are slotted in such a malnier as to r `ceive said standard; and that, when the screwplow held in any desired position thereon.

eure 'bj' Letters Patent, is-

c, when constructed andai-ranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

axle-plate 1I, when constructed and arranged/.as and tor thc purpose set iorth. I

Il. In a cultivator, thev plato Z, pins u n., andeap r, .withthc screw-nuts, a-s'described, when the several `parts are constructed and arranged `sulrstantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

in testimony that 1 claim the above, I'fhave hercunto subscribed my inuue in the presence ottwo wit- My device for adjusting the position'of the frame.

plows atwill, is exhibited on ner represented. ]ly corrugating the side of this.

rear part o t' the plow, together with the sidebf'thc nuts are on duty, said standard is' clamped, and the- 1..]n a cnltivattn', the dia mond-shaped`eoupliugsc` 2..In a cnltivator, the adjustable and corrngatwsl said plate adjoining' the upright frame-post K, andA .What I claim as Amy invention, and desire to se- 

